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One Year f 8 00 Daily Dispatch, FerQuarter 2 00 Daiit DiM'ATcn, One Mouth TO D ult Dispatch, incIudingSunday, lyear. 1000 Dailt Dispatch, IncludingSunday.Sin'tbs. '150 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, lmonth so Euvdat Dispatch. Onelear. 250 XV eeely Dispatch, One I ear 125 - Tiie Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 1'rcntscer week, or Including bunday edition, ctro cents per week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. MAY 3L 189a THE DISPATCH FOB THE SUMMER Persons leaving the City for the rammer can have The DISPATCH forwarded by earliest mail to any address at the rate of SO cents per month, or $1 SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition"Xonly, 70c per month, ft for three months. The address may be changed as desired, if care be taken tn. all eases to mention both old and new address. 3-Tho BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH hat been removed to Corner of Smilhneld and Diamond Streets KE&ULTis OF THE RO D FXPEDITION. The summary of results attained by The Dispatch road expedition, which is given in another column, shows that the objects of that expedition -were fully attained. It has settled several points which are of impor tance in connection with the subject, and affords the foundation for some definite con clusions. The points settled, as stated in the article, first, the nearly impassable nature of the dirt roads of Pennsylvania after any season of -protracted rain, entail ing either a suspension of their use by farmers or a great waste of horse power; next the fact that such roads as the national pike, solidly built in the first place, can be maintained at little expense and iurnish first-class highways at all sea sons; and that the only roads that have yet proved to possess such durability are those macadamized with limestone. With regard to agricultural opinion on road improvement, the vast majority recog nize the wretched character of the roads and the great value which durable roads would have, but the question of increased taxation for their construction is a decided obstacle to the agricultural mind. In those counties wbere limestone can be obtained at a mod erate cost it is probable that the expense "would be accepted as a good investment; but where the stone has to be transported for Ion? distances, the heavy cost of good roads would be a serious difficulty. Beyond that the fact that the expenditure on the roads for the past thirty years would, if intelli gently directed, have made them all solid, is a cogent fact. These points make the policy to be pursued plain with regard to the localities where limestone is procurable at or below the average cost. A standard for good roads should be established and the State should take some steps to encourage the construc tion of such roads. As to other localities, 4t might be worth while to inquire whether no more economical way of building the roads can be made to take the place of the expensive limestone. That this is doubtful has already been recognized, but it is of enough importance to warrant the farth'er investigation of experts. Certainly with the light thus placed be fore it, it should be practicable for the State Road Commission to formulate a policy which shall produce definite action in the direction of securing good roads. A PIANO MYSTERY. Although a good deal of mystery sur rounds the whole expedition, it is pretty well established that the scientists who went to South Alrica on board the United States man-of-war Pensacola to observe the eclipse WIjeB of the sun, did not have a vociferously I happy time. None 4jtfie members of the party will talk out,ijW somebody is drop ping sly little hints and inuendos about the trouble. There has been considerable talk about a piano which wag on the Pensa cola when she left New York, but disap peared before she 'returned. It is, curious that a piano should have figured at all in the outfit of an astronomical expedition. If it had been a telescope, or some other instrument of scientific use, it would have been eligible enough for passage on board the Pensacols; but a piano 1 What was it there for? Some body suggests that it was to see how the musical instrument stood the test of climatic variations. ' That is vague enough, br.t to befog the matter more the piano never came back for exhibition. "Whether it now lies in the vicinity of the gentleman, whose name is do more mentioned, at the bottom of the sea, or wis inhumanly set ashore at Barbadoes, is cot entirely clear. One thing is plain: The piano did not contribute to the harmony of the party. It it stayed in tune in spite of relaxing sea breezes and marine pianists, 'the party did not. The eclipse of the sun, which the expe dition went out to see, appears to have been eclipsed by partial obscuration of good sense and good humor among the scientists. THEY hHOULD NOT CONFLICT. Mr. Church Howe, of Nebraska, has presented a novel case for the consideration of the public. Mr. Howe has been connected for many years with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and is also President of the Nebraska Senate. Naturally there has been a somewhat settled conviction that Mr. Howe's most valuable services to the cor poration would be rendered in the State Senate. Bnt he shows a disposition to con found all such expectations by resigning his position under the corporation because he has come to the conclusion that the interests of the people and those of the railroads have become antagonistic. If this is Mr. Howe's real conviction which a pessimistic view of political and corporate human nature may doubt it requires modification. The interests of the people, and those of the railroads need not be antagonistic. A railroad that is con ducted with due regard to its public obliga tions is as nearly an unmixed public benefit as anything can be in this imperfect world. That Mr. Howe was right in con cluding that the aims ot the corporation by which he was employed, cannot be reconciled with the interests of the public, need not be disputed. But for fear that his example may cause a general rush of resigna tions among railroad officials, it is pertjnent to urge upon that class who are burdened with tender consciences on the matter of public rights, a much wiser course for them to adopt Let railroad officials conduct their copora tions, first with a scrupulous regard for that primary duty of impartiality which is imperative on all of them by reason of their public character. Then let each corpora tion make its rates solely with regard to its own business, performing transportation at such charges as will encourage business along its line, instead of banding with other corporations to impose stated rates upon the whole country without regard to the econo mies presented by certain rontesand localities. Let them give natural and honest competi tion its free operation instead of resorting to all sorts of efforts to stifle, in their own interest, the natural forces to which the fundamental industries always must be subject. Railroad officials who conduct their own business on these rules need not trouble themselves about a possible antag onism between their interests and the inter ests of the people. Those who conduct it ac cording to the corporate principles now in vogue will find that conflict irrepressible. Mr. Church Howe seems to have come to the conclusion that there is no hope of amending the railroad policy from within, and therefore takes the radical course of resigning his railroad office. Yet the cynical view of human nature is such that, we regret to say, the principal senti ment evoked by this unusual step is that of wondering what public office Mr. Howe is seeking. THE REDUCTION OF THE BERT. The statement furnished by Controller Morrowto the Census Bureau, concerning the municipal debt of Pittsburg, calls atten tion to the gratifying fact that the debt, less amount in sinking fond, has been reduced from $14,669,000 in 1880 to $10,026,000 at the beginning of this year. This gratifying decrease of $4,610,000 is to be credited to the strict adherence to the policy of devoting a set portion of the city's revenue, either to the purchase of its own bonds or to investment as a sinking fund in some form. Whatever other criticisms are possible concerning the municipal govern ment, this requirement of keeping up the steady discharge of the debt has been faith fully observed, and the consequence is that the debt has been reduced nearly one-third within the past ten years. The same policy can be made to yield much better results during the coming decade. Interest charges will be decreased, both by the refunding and by the retire ment,of the bonds as they fall due. With a faithful adherence to the policy of paying the debt and reducing the interest charges, Pittsburg, ought, by the middle ot the decade,to;reduce its debt and interest charge to so low a rate that it will form no ar) preciable figure in the tax levy. AN UNEXPLAINED PREFERENCE. It is rather difficult to perceive, if the statement of the facts are correct, on what grounds the special enactment proposed in Congress, giving the widow of General Haien a pension of $100 per month, is sup ported. Where the widows of distinguished officers have been left with slender means, it has been correctly considered proper to give them pensions larger than would be awarded by the general pension laws. But Hazen's services as a division commander, while creditable, were not so murh beyond those of hundreds others as to call for a special exception, and instead of his widow being in straitened circumstances, it is stated that she has a fortune in the neighborhood of half a million dollars. It it is the intention of Congress that all widows of division com manders shall have a pension of $100 per month, it should pass a general act to that effect. If it is not, it is difficult to perceive what ground there is for a special prefer ence in the Hazen case, except the ever active lobbying powers of "social influ ences" at Washington. POINTERS FOR JAPAN. Japan has the reputation of being en terprising, and the Mikado evidently means to pick up anything that is going in the way of new ideas in this country. For this purpose he has sent here a special com missioner Mr. Kentaro Kaneko to study our legislative methods. Mr. Kaneko has been fixing his attention upon Congress for some time. There is a good deal to be seen in Washington, and when it comes to legisla tive methods, Mr. Kaneko's particular object, the deposits are especially rich. They are of all sorts and sizes, goof methods and bad methods; and Mr. Kaneko will be taxed somewhat severely to understand what the purpose of all the legislation is. Some of the arbitrary acts of Speaker Reed will commend themselves to the inno cent Japanese soul, and it is quite reason able to believe that the system by which the majority silences the minority in Congress, with the addition say of a, Lord High Exe cutioner, would not be out of place in Japan. If Mr. Kaneko faithfully reports what he sees in Washington he will probably be in vited to perform the happy dispatch upon his return home, as a malignant false wit ness. From the remote elevation of Tokio the true inwardness of the greatest talking machine bn earth would be incredible. But the probability is that Mr. Kaneko will not penetrate beyond the rind, as it were, and he will carry back to Japan only such oh" servations as his royal master can easily digest A Chicago court is wrestling with the question whether boiler making is Immoral, upon the complaint of numerous citizens that the prosecntion of that industry in their imme diate vicinity Is an active agent in producing exasperation and profanity. The question in that form may be a debatable one: bat some thousands of Pittsburgers who listened to Strauss music last Tuesday with a boiler-making accompaniment from neighboring shops, can bear testimony that it is not artistic. Mb. Halstead is still coming to the de fense of Senator Quay by showing that Sena tor Brice is no better than he ought to be. The "you're another" style of argument does not make oat a first-class article of vindication. Senator Quay's policy of keeping mum is much more discreet. , Decoration Day was quietly observed throughout the city. The exercises at the va rious cemeteries were fall of the spirit of the day, and it is satisfactory to observe that there was less of the junketing and parade than has been the case on former anniversaries. The public, as a general thing, showed its good taste and its comprehension of the object of the holiday by observing it, not as a celebra tion, bat as a memorial. A SHOWMAN in France has been sent to prison for exhibiting an "Angelas" which he claimed to bo the original, while the picture in the United States was asserted by him to be merely a copy. There is no encouragement in France for enterprise iu the profession of showman. The fact that M. Secretan has been sent to jail for his famous copper deal indicates that they do these things slightly .better in France. Nevertheless, the fact that a poor wretch who stole 50 francs would have got as many years in prison as the copper speculator got months, shows that France is not exempt from the world-wide vice of treating the big thieves much more tenderly than the little ones. The death penalty in Major Panitza's case Is likely to make the amusement of plot ting to overthrow the Bulgariau government less fashionable than it has been. But will Russia have nothing to say to this treatment of her diplomatic' agent? Empebok William's order that German officers shall cot wear monocles is an absolutist attempt to enact that the young Germans shall not show any more of their idiocy on the out side than is absolutely necessary. Yet In an ideal state of society the single eyeglass would not be without Us utility. It would indicate to the fool killer where his ministrations are most urgently needed. Fbance, like Germany, is beginning to discover that the policy of shutting ont Ameri can food products to swell the profits of the landholders is a burden for which the workers of the nation have to pay in the increased cost of life. The Boston papers complain of the preaching on rellgiouB and social topics on the Common last Sunday. The tastes of different cities are various. Philadelphia objects to the disturbance of her somnolence by street music and Boston cannot endure the disturbance of her Sunday thoughts by public talk on matters of religious or social importance. THE appointments for the coming conven tions warn the political workers and literary bureaus that they have but two moro working days in which to inflict themselves on a long suffering and patient public Boston physicians are demanding better pavements and cleaner streets as a sanitary measure. The demand is a good one; but do Boston physicians expect any such 'trivial con sideration as the health of the public to inter fere with the great fundamental principle of spoils in municipal government? The attempts to keen up the price of Trust shares indicate that the manipulators are cherishing the hope that It will not be much of a shower after alk Edottabd Strauss is quoted to the effect that he thinks America Is Paradise. Natur ally. Nothing is so much like Eden as a country wbere two or three thousand dollars a day can be realized. Strauss' favorable view of oar country can be expected to last as long as the receipts keep up. STRICTLY PERSONAL, Kino George, of Greece, is a grandfather at ii years old. ' JULIA WABD Ho-WE wag 71 years old on Tuesday, but is still young. Although not a native of that State, Sena tor Beck was a most enthusiastic Kentuckian. The daughters of Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvara, have gone to Ernope for tbe summer. Mayor Peck, of Milwaukee, finds It easier to be funny in his newspaper than In bis public speeches. John C. Wood, who Is an active member of the life-saving crew at Atlantic City, is reputed to be worth 2,000,000, inherited from a rich uncle in Paris. , Dr. Leonabd Woolsey Bacon, who is CO years of age, will soon wed Miss Letitia Jor don. daughter of General Jordon, of the United States Mint at Philadelphia. "Women, white or black," said Mr. Stanley recently, "I regard as -far above us. They are more humane, they are more prompt with sym pathy, they are more tamable to new ideas, than we of the opposite sex." Miss Dolores Marbotjbo, tbe author of one of last year's popular novels, has gone to Europe for a prolonged residence and lltera'ry work. She has jnst finished a new novel writ ten in collaboration 'with George Cary Eggles ton. When Mr. Vaux was asked the meaning of the legend "E. S. P.', on the huge floral tribute sent him from this city be said it stood for "Every Soldier a Pension." The veracious cor respondent of the Baltimore Sun heard him say it. The German Emperor's Russian visit will be of three weeks' duration. After the maneuvers at Krasuoe-Selo he will undertake a journey through the western part of Russia, visiting Moscow, Riev and Warsaw, where prepara tions are already being made for his reception. Peince Charles, of Sweden and Norway," wasrecettly summoned to a court in Stock holm to serve as a juryman in a criminal case. But the Judge decided that on account of fam ily connections he was ineligible. The Spnrtan Band of Warrior. from the Hew York San. The bpartan band of political warriors, the Democrats of Vermont, have recently been going through the familiar and interesting pastime ot holding a State Convention in Bur lington. It met on Thursday, and tbe pleasant tidings reach us that great enthusiasm and no end of vigor inspired the 300 delegates as well as tbe 300 visiting statesmen who aicompauied them from Passampsic, Fletcher. Vergennes. Uraftsbury, Fomfret, BakersHeld and Guild hall. The Democracy of Vermont is somewhat lacking in numbers, but it is a stem, steady and stalwart Affair. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Knight Errant Howell. Doei Not tore Consistency-Rapid Transit for Allegheny Kewg Abom tbe Dnquenne Tbenter. fyjn. William Dean Howells is hopeful about the future of the American drama, but he is in despair about the critics. Several pages of Marper's Magazine for June are filled with the novelist's deliverances upon tbe drama, the abandoned critics, and Mr. Howells' favorito plays of tbe season. One notable thing about Mr. Howells as a dramatic critic is his utter contempt of con sistency. Tn be sore consistency is a jewel out of place in a critic, it may be said, but it does sound rather odd when Mr. Howells belabors the dramatic critics for undervaluing the na tive drama on page 152, and on page 157 makes do apology for stating that all the American plays ho bad been praising are playthings bo side Sudermann's "Die Ehre," which he saw at a Uerman theater, played in German by Ger man actors. If Mr. Howells goes on at this rats tbe native drama, as well as the native critic, will be discouraged and driven down ward. XX7HEN one of the directors of the Pittsburg and Manchester line of street cars was asked some years ago why the awkward 6-cents fare was retained after other lines had come down tq a nickel he said: "Oh! the conductors get tbe cent, ana we're content with the nickel." Of course no system of "Knocking down" such as this was ever tolerated by the Pitts burgand Manchester company. It is the com petition of tbe Pleasant Valley road, with its electric motive power and comfortable cars that has effected the reduction. Nothing else could. It is to be hoped that the mediaeval Manchester line will make otherandeven more necessary changes without delay. It is simply preposterons that it shoula consume from 10 to IS minutes to traverse the distance between Sixth and Market streets and the Fort Wayne depot. Real rapid transit and plenty ot it is what Allegheny needs. Her growth has been impeded greatly by the lack of it, J"hebe are reasons for believing that Mr. XVemyss Henderson, brother of David B., will manage the Duquesne Theater when it is built- Dunlop's Stage Jfeits says: Wemyss Henderson, who is at present in New York routing "Bluebeard, Jr.," and' "The Crystal Slipper," will not go on the road with these at tractions next season, but will be located in Pittsburg, attending to the interests of tbe new Duquesne Theater. The time is nearly all filled at that house with a continuous list of attrac tions, which, it is safa to say, has never been equaled In any theater in this country. This is highly satisfactory news about the Duquesne Theater, and Pittsburg will be for tunate if Mr. Wemyss Henderson is the man ager.' A YOUTHFUL NATUBAUST. It Taken Hlro Jnst Two Itllnntea to Tell the ppcle of Snnke. From the Punxsutawncy Spirit.! A dozen men were standing around the de funct carcass of a snake on Water street yes terday speculating as to what variety it be longed to. One said it was a housesnake. Another contended that it was a rattler, and others suggested that it was a blacksnake, a garter snake or a water snake. Finally a bare footed boy, with one pantaloon leg rolled up to ' the knee and the other to the ankle joint, stepped up, and, inserting a stick under the reptile's body, raised it up and said: 'Til tell you what kind of a snake that is." "What kind is It?" asked several men in chorus. "A dead snake." said tbe urchin, as he tossed it into the mud and darted away. CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS. It Is feared Speaker Reed will be compelled to send out to the nearest saloons hereafter when he wants to count a quorum. A Michigan man says he has the best natured wife in tbe world. She has been asleep for two years. Fifty new lawyerswere turned loose on New York Wednesday nlirht Is It any wonder New York aldermen are crooked? A Jersey man with four wives says he wants to live with the last one. As he Is now playing checkers with his nose behind prison bars he will live with her in hli mind. Governor Francis, of Missouri, has par doned a man who was serving a sentence of 14 months in Jail for whipping bis motber-in-law. Governor Francis Is a married man himself. THE Supreme Court of California has de cided that Chinamen cannot practice law In that Mate. Pretty soon a Chinaman will consider himself lucky if he Is allowed to brethc tbe free air of heaven, in some section of this great and glorious country. The President and Mrs. Harrison will spend the summer months at Cape May. During their absence Llee should show Colonel Dudley through the White House, Just to see what it looks like. The Union Jack will hereafter fly daily over the 'W bite House a sort of guarantee that the President is at home. George O. Jones has issued a call for a conference of grcenbackers, at Indianapolis, August 27. How sad it is to think that Just as people Imagined that the sickly, measly rag baby had breathed Its last, it has been snatched, so to speak, from the grave, and is once more breath ing the breath of life. Mr. Jones will have a loud time conferring with himself. AN exchange prints the fact that 20 mur derers are now confined in the Pittsburg" Jail. It appears to think that It is a good mauy for one county, but when the fact is taken into consider ation that our county Is a large one. and that only one out of a dozen murderers are ever convicted, the fact Is not a startling one. Mill wc are not proud over tho matter. Nine distinct earthquake shocks have been felt in Indiana since Bynum's attack on Bayne. Perhaps after all they were not earthquake shocks but merely Democratic echoes applauding the act. A EE-w days ago $20,000 were paid into the Kansas City Treasury, and the tax payers are looking for the Immediate return of their ab sconding treasurer, to gobble It. AN APPEAL FOR AID From the Nutlonnl Young Men's Christian Association, Colored. The National Young Men's Christian Associ ation, colored, has issued a general appeal for aid in building a national headquarters edifice in Louisville, Ky. "Such a building," Bays the appeal, "will cost at least $30,000, but when erected it will be a lasting monument and tribute to the progress and energy of the negro race. At the last national convention Louis ville was selected as the site of the tntnrn building. 'Now, we hope that every negro and all the white people of this country will see the good of the work, and aid us liberally in it. All sub scriptions to be addressed, by postal note, to Evangelist Albert Mack, Louisville, Ky. We make this earnest appeal to tbe generosity of tbe people of the United States." A Notable Gathering. From the Philadelphia Becord. j The Scotch-Irish Congress which met in Pitts burg yesterday brought together a notable gathering of men from every part of the coun try. The same qualities that made tbe Ulster man across the sea an energizing force in civil and religious copflicts have been shown by him in bis new Western home. The Republic owes much to-day to his shrewdness, practical sa gacity and stern code of morality. DEATHS OF A DAY. William E. Carothers. William E. Carothers, an aged citizen of Fay ette county, died at the residence or his son, C. E. Carothers. near Washington, Pa., at 6 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Carothers was of Scotch Irish descent, his ancestry being among the first settlers of Chambersburg, In 1792 his grand father took up a body of. land In Westmoreland county, from which tbe subject of this sketch re moved In 1865. From that time until within about a year be had resided at Unlontown, wnere he is well known. Politically Mr. Cirothers was an abolitionist and a Itepubllcan. He came of tUeoIdPresbyteriantock. As a citizen lie was honest and conscientious, a man of liberal views In all thlnzs pertaining to the public welfare, a man of sound Judgment, and as a business man nnd farmer She was active, persevering and suc cessful. He is the father of B. K. and It. T. Carothers, of McKeesport. Funeral at Union town, at 3 o'clock Monday. AKOTHEE UBS. JARLEY. Tho Fresh Air Fond Entertainment for Next Friday Moving Alone. Owing to sickness in her Immediate family, Mrs. George Gormly, of Sewickley, will be un abl j to give her noted impnrsonation of Mrs. Jarley at Carnegie Hall next Fnday afternoon and evening for the benefit ot the Fresh Air Fund of Allegheny. Miss Kate McKnight, bowever, has most kindly volunteered to assume the role, and a brisk characterization of the eccentric ex hibitor of waxworks is assured. Preparations are in full progress, and the event will be a noteworthy occasion in Northslde social cir cles, having the co-operation and active aid of everybody. Social Chntior. A "MEMOBTAJi. of Flowers" entertainment took place in Verona public hall, nnder the au spices of the Charles R. Bright Woman's Re lief Corps No. 53. yesterday. Forty-two children in national colors represented the States. The play "Loft Alone in Picket Line" was ren dered very effectively, with Comrade Hamilton and wife in the leading part?. The entertain ment will be repeated this evening. The Silver Lake Quartete, of New York, will sing in tbeMoorbead Hall, corner Second avenue and Grant street, nnder the auspices of the Moorhoad W. C. T. U., to-morrow at 3.15 and 7.30 p. m. Mrs. Mead, of New York, will address the meetings. A shall fair will be held this afternoon in the Church of tbe Ascension by Mrs. Joseph Dil worth and the Misses Speer and the managers. There will be entertainments of various kinds, especially for tne children. Miss Annie BnANnT. daughter of Rev. F. Brandt, of the Eighteenth Street Lutheran Church, Southstde, will be married next Thurs day to Prof. Schumann, of tho Lawr enceville parochial school. The marriage of Miss Lizzie Wilhelm, daugh ter of C. Wilhelm, and Charles Goettler. a prominent young merchant of the Southside, has been announced for next Tuesday. Mns. Charles E. Speek desires to correct tho report that she will give a lawn fete to day. The statement is utterly groundless. Yesterday was Hospital Day. There was considerable money dropped Into the boxes scattered about tho city during the day. The "Dairy Maid's Supper" at Bellevue was repeated last evening to another large and well pleased audience. THE REVISION TRAIN STARTED. Tbo Members of the Committee to Meet In Pltlabnrs on October 6. Rer. Dr. Henry J. Van Dyke, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, and a member of the committee appointed by the General Assembly at Saratoga to revise the Westminster Confession of Faith, is quoted by the Brooklyn Eagle as saying: "Tbe revision train has started. t The committee which will consider this question fairly represents the Church. Two-thirds of tbe members are, how ever, professedly in favor of revision. It is not tbe committee's intention to overthrow the Calvmistlc Bystem, but, so far as I can speak for them, to clear up ambigui ties and to relieve tbe confession Irom misapprehension and over-statement. Ihey mean to put out of the confession all expressions that may convey, or seem to convey, the idea that God for His glorification has decreed any man to eternal death, to remove every ground of impression that tbe confession means to teach that God intended infant damnation. They mean to put into the confession a clear statement of the universal love of God, and His willingness to save all mon on the terms of gospel truth. We do not intend to revoke tbe Protestant testi mony of what we regard as tbe errors of tbe Catholic Church, but ws intend to take out all that will express abuse or want of charity toward Roman Catholics, if there is any ex pression in tbe confession that can be so con strued." Dr. Van Dyke said that the members of tbe committee woald meet on the 6th of October In Pittsbarg to collaborate their report, that will go to the Assembly at Detroit in the fol lowing May. TAKEN TO HEART. One Lesson That Britain Haa Learned From American Subjects. Marquis of Lome, in North American Kevlew.l There is no doubt that the partial espousal of the cry "imperial federation" would not have bad half tbe success it has had were it not that it is considered as a protest against any scheme that would lead, however remotely, to a dimi nution of tbe independent position cow occu pied by Canada. Some men speak as if the empiro would "burst up" if some great scheme of general and close federation be not soon adopted; bnt there is a middle way, and one that will probably be adopted namely, the securing of the defense of each portion of the empire; the adoption of means of more in timate intercourse between the leading men; the taking In band by common consent of the expressed wishes of each member ot the em pire; and the furtherance of arrangements in regard to commercial intercourse between the various large sections, whose readers have com mon ideas regarding tbe good of a certain amount of protection for the encouragement of industries, where these have not been plant ed under conditions of freedom from an over awing competition by older and richer com panies. These considerations can only interest Americans who take a wider interest in the future of Anglo-Saxon communities than can be embraced by a mere consideration of British American relations. Tbe lesson, bowever, that was first taught to Britain by ber American subjects namely, that nothing should be done without their concurrence and consent is a lesson that has been gratefully learned and taken to heart by the statesmen of the old country. REFOBMED CHURCH CONVENTION. The General Synod In Sesstoli nt Lebanon Discuss Important Church Blotters. rSPXCIAX, TXLEORAH TO THB UIHPATCH.' Lebanon, May SO. The evening session pf tbe General Svnod of the Reformed Churches of the United States was devoted to tbe reading of important essays and an ad dress by Mrs. S. B. Yockey, of Xenia, O., President of the Ladies' Missionary Society. Rev. D. T. W. Chambers, of New York, repre senting tbe Reformed Dutch Church of Amer ica, and Dr. Matcbews, secretary of the Re formed Alliance, addressed the Synod at tbe afternoon session. Rev. Dr. Appel, of Lancas ter, read the resignation of Rev. Ambrose Gring, late missionary tn Japan. It was re ferred to a committee of 11 to represent tbe eight district Synods. Dr. J. A. Peters, ot Dan ville, Va in his report of the Boards of Home Missions, stated that during tbe past three years 103.320 bad been paid for home missions and over $16,000 toward church extension. Rev. C. B. Weiser, of East Greenville. In his re port of the Board of Foreign Missions, stated that S59.209 bad been paid for foreign missions during tbe past three years.. Tbe following are tbe most important com mittees aaannounced by Synod President Bom berger: Home Missions, Dr. Vanhorne, of Tiffin, O.; Foreign Missions, J. M. Titsell, of Lancaster; Minutes of Synod, R. Mechling, of Hamilton. O ; Potomac Synod, C S. Gerhard, of Reading: Interior Synod, P. C. Reeding, of Blnffton, 0 : Central Svnod, J. C Hauser, of Baltimore; Northwest Synod, J. F. Busche of New York; Ohio Synod, S. A. Limback, of A Fair and Independent Journal. From the Crawford Journal. One of the most valuable newspaoirs receiv ed by the Journal is The Pittsbubo Daily Dispatch. It Is a newspaper in the broadest sense of the term, its editorials are fair and in dependent, and it is In every way first-class. It is the leading Pittsburg paper. Its Sunday edition compares favorably with the New York and Philadelphia Sunday editions of the great dallies, and has tbe advantage of getting here on tho day of issue. Our Own Paul Hlnen. From the Philadelphia Inqalrer.i Panl Hines, left field of the Pittsburg Base ball Club, who was at the Girard House yester day, has the misfortune to be extremely deaf, to overcome which be carries au ingenious con trivance in the shape of a cane, the bandle of which is in reality an ear trumpet. When in conversation he raises his cain, lets bis car rest on the bandle with apparent carelessness, and bears every word that may bo uttered without attracting undue attention to bis infirmity. An Offense Condoned. From tbe LoulsTille Courier-Journal. Senator Ingalls Is too harshly censured for bis plagiarism. More United States Senators ought to plagiarise. Anything Is an improve ment on what tbey produce themselves. Ii Mi-mnry of the Anniversary.- , From the Johnstown Tribune. a The PiTTsnuuG Dispatch of this morning has a supplement containing an eight-column review of Johnstown's disaster of a year ago. with a reprint of several illustrations and some new ones. 0DR HAIL POUCH. Tbe Negro nnd Hli Progreaa. To the Editor oi The Dispatch: For the sake of fairness allow me sufficient space in your paper to show thef allacy of some of Scotch-Irish Dr. Bryson's statements as pub lished yesterday morning. The colored popu lation of Alabama is only a few thousand less in number than the whites of that State. They are tbe laborers, artisans and small farm holders. They raise tbe lion's share of the agricultural products, are merchants, con tractors, instructors and professional people, and in ho State of tbe Southland are there more gratifying evidences of intelligence, progress and thrift than can be found among tbe colored people of Alabama. This can be proven by reliable data. Tbe charge that they contribute less than 5,000 of a fund of 9160,000 annually expended by the State for their edu cation must be a misstatement. It goes without saying that If anyone in the South pays the tax levy it is the negro land owner, or the possessor of a few personal effects. If under a white Democratic State administration these moneys are misapplied It is hardly just cause for glorification. One thing is sure, "revolutions never go backward." and the negrpesof the South will reach their proper political status in the fullness of time, though a million of Brysons stand up to pre vent it. One of the Negroes. Pittsburg, May 3a Irish nnd Scotch-Irish. To' the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Dr. Macintosh, in his address before the Scotch-Irish Convention, has given ns his definition of that race. From it we learn that a "Scotch-Irishman" is one without a drop of Irish blood In his veins.' Queer, isn't it? A combi nation of Lowland and Highland Scotchmen, of Anglo-Saxon. Dane and Norman, but no Irish blood, and yet they style themselves hyphenated Irishmen. Does Robert Bonner, who. as he says, signed himself "An Irish Prot estant" five years ago, agree with tbe Macin tosh idea? Does "Richelieu" Robinson accept it? Would the late Joseph Biggar, M. P.: born an UNter Presbyterian.have accepted it? Would the Ulster Presbyterian Irish patriots John Mitchell and John Martin indorse it? Would tbe "United Irishmen" of Ulster of 1798 agree to the definition, such Presbyterians as Henry Joy McCracken, Dr. McNevin. the brothers Orr and tbe whole gallant host of Ulster Presbyterians of that period? No; the very title they gave themselves. United Irishmen, proves how they regard it. Later in bis address Dr. Macintosh tells us that they have the dash and enthusiasm of Ireland in their nature held in check by the cool blood from other sources. If tbey have no Irish blood In their veins wbere did they get th6 dash and impulse? Not, certainly, from tbe only other Celtic source, the Scot, who is re garded as typical of cool-headedness itself and is styled the "shrewd, cautious, canny Scot" with no impulse or dash in bis nature. And why should a people with no Irish blood in tbeir veins choose as tbe emblem of their so ciety the banner of the old Irish of the North tbe red hand of the O'Neill entwined with shamrock? If this people lived and died in Ireland for hundreds of years and were not Irish, how can they call themselves Americans after a few generations of rosidence here in tbe land and yet not of it? The cautious Scotch logic is not evident in Dr. Macintosh's address. Or is it because it's unfashionable to be Irish that one asbamed ot his country must qualify his nativitv? All Ireland. Pittsburg, May 31. KAN'S BEST FRIEND. Several Good Reasons to Provo That W omnn Is the Person. Ladles' Home Journal.! First and foremost, woman Is man's best friend: Because she is his mother. Second, because she is his wife. Because she is patient with him in illness, en dures his fretf ulness and "mothers" him. "Because sbe will stick to him through good and evil report, and always believe in him, if sbe loves him. Because without her he would be rude, rough and ungodly. Because sbe teaches him the value of gentle words, of kindly thought and of consideration. Because sbe can with him, endure pain quietly and meet joy gladly. Because, on her breast be can shed tears of repentance, and he is never reminded of them afterwards. Because, when he is behaving like a fretful boy and we all do. you know, at times with no reason in the world for it, woman's soft word, touch or glance will make him ashamed of himself, as he ought to be. Because without ber as an incentive bo would grow lazy: there would be no good work done, there would be no noble books written, there would be no beautiful pictures painted, there would be no divine strains of melody. Because sbe has made for us a beautiful world, in which we should be proud to live and contented to die. Because and this Is tbe best reason of all when the world had reached an unenviable state of wickedness the blessed task of bringing It a Saviour for all mankind was given to a woman, which was God's way of Betting bis seal of approval on her who is mother, wife, daugh ter and sweetheart, and, therefore, man's best friend. Mnrrled In Maryland. rSFSCIAL TELKORAM TO THK DISPATCH.! BBADDOCK,May 30. Frank AMcCune, a son of Burgess Jessep P. McCune, and Miss Jennie Clark, left Braddock this morning and were married later at Cumberland, Md. Both the bride and groom are bigbly respected. Progress of a Globe-Trotting Editor. From the Atlanta Constitution.! George Francis Train has distanced Editor Fitts around the world. The latter has only got as far as Texas, for the walking is not as good cow as formerly. A NOCTUBNE. The mother said, as he rose from bed To walk the floor with the child: "Dear, you must not fret, he's our little pet. Our boy," and she sweetly smiled. Tbe father sighed as be replied: "O. yes! he's a charming elf. But 'twould be les rough were he big enough To walk the floor with himself." Aiw lork Press, TheTnrlfiTHen. When the tariff's laid On the pauper hen. And you cease to go Urprotected tben. Pretty little chicks, "WUUvou learn to lay Twice as many eggs As you do to-day? If It doesn't help. It's a harmless myth. And the thing Is good To fool the farmer with. Tls 'tis not-a tax. And it's spread so thinly, Fw will know they pay It, Chuckles Bill McKlnley. J. D. mtlerin Puctc. Tbe Same Old Clnvrs. The heirs bad decided the Smlthers estate Would belong to the lawyers ere long, at the rate That "retainers" and "costs" mounted up. So a brief ws submitted to old Judge Dupont, for relief.. But the heirs were struck dumb when the written decrees Handed down by the Judge In the learned Com mon Pleas Declared that attorneys had de Jure rights (Vide Blackstone and Coke and the best legal lights) Which clients must always respect and observe; For a testament made by a man ot weak nerve Meant trouble for liwyerB as well as for heirs. Which is the best of all reasons, the Justice de clares. For refusing to estop or make void and nil The last and most powerful claws in the will. Ilgaro. A Romnnce Spoiled. Two lovers went to the baseball game One afternoon In May. He was a "crank:" she never bad seen Professional players play. He faithfully tried to explain it all, Bhe tried to understand: ) But the more he talked tbe less she knew T by he thought the game was "grand." He cheered, he danced, he yelled "Hli HI!" bbe calmly looked about; And If anyone made a three-base bit Bhe asked If the man was out. She tried her best to keep tbe score, But when the game was done He found that whenever a foul was hit bne'd given tbe man a home run. It dampened bis ardor to have ber say, "Why doesn't the umpire bat?" And e uh question she asked diminished his love. Though he wouldn't have owned to that. Till at last she asked, in ber guileless way, "Which nine is playing now?" He broke the engagement then and there, And now they don't even bow. SomervUlt Jturnal. THE WORK OF ONE TEEM. Some of tbe Important .Blattera Decided by the Supremo Court. Washington, May 30. The most striking' feature of the work of the Supreme Court of the United States during the term ended last Friday was the large number and variety ot ewes involving a construction of the inter State commerce clause of the Federal Consti tution. Another feature ws the large and in creasing number of habeas corpus cases before the Court. Indeed, this latter class of cases came before the Court with such frequency that Justice Miller, In an opinion on one of the last days of the term, was moved to remark, with dry sarcasm, that tho case was. another one of the frequent instances of late in which it was sought on all sorts of pretexts to make tbe Supreme Court pass upon every motion for a writ of habeas corpus that could be devvised by counsel. i The most important cases decided during tbe term are as follows: Tne Iowa original package suit; the Granger Railroad Commission cases irom Minnesota: the dressed beef cases from the same State; the Mormon Cbnrch suit: Virginia coupon cases: North Carolina and Louisiana bond cases, involving the right of a citizen to sue his own State; a Pennsylvania case, involving the right of nronertv nwnpra tn rim.nr.anti,i damages; several other suits involving the J Question of thn vnlirlirv nr Qtq.a (... -., A tax laws in which the principal question was as to whether or not there were interference with inter-State commerce, and the Neagle, Medley and Kemmler habeas corpus cases. Tbe most important cases wnlch go over un decided until next term are suits over Penn sylvania and Kansas laws, taxing the Pullman Palace Car Company; over a Kentucky statute taxing express companies, and three important mining suits from Colorado. NO PRESS CENSOR. The American People Wi'l Take Care of the Mntter Themselves. The Newsman.! With the immensa growth of journalism, having more than doubled during the past ten years. It is not reasonable to suppose that black spots would not appear. It is the ulcer growth on the journalistic body. It must and will ventilate itself, and the good Christian com munity will take due precaution to imard itielf in case the matter becomes harmful. To pass an act of Congress granting power to postmasters to have the right of exclusion from the mail of what they deemed improper, would be extremely disastrous. It would be a calamity that would cause such a rebellion that those who promoted the measure would for ever be burled from public sight. The little sore that exists to-day can be treated by the common sense of a people who jealously watch that no evil from the printing press will invade tbeir'bome. No, the American people want no censor of tbe press. Tbey will take care of this matter themselves. Let the subject never again be broached in onr legislative balls, as it is not in the spirit of our institutions, pregnant as it is with evils that bear the stamp of slavery and tbe dark ages. There need be no fear, but a timely warning may save the friends of good government much time and worry. WHAT A FBESH BOY DID. His Joke at General "-plnola' Expense Not Rebuked. Globe-Democrat 1 When tbe House adjourns early there Is an entertaining scene In General Spmola's imme diate vicinity. Tbe old gentleman does not wait for tbe floor to clear or for the galleries to empty. As the gavel falls upon tbe end of the day's session he arises, peels off his coat, lights a cigar, sits down to his desk and write letters. Visitors in the galleries look down with amazement ana merriment, but they do not disturb the general. The wonderful shire collar seems larger than ever when the coat is off. and when tbe general bends forward over bis writing tne rim of the collar looms up until it hides all but the bald place on the crown and a fringe of bristling hair. An Irreverent pice. In tbe page uniform of knee breeches, came trotting down tbe aisle one day. baited behind that expanse of shirt collar, snapped his fingers on the shiny surface and piped out: "Ah. there! Is General Spinola in?" A she bear ought to have appeared and de voured tbe rash youth, bat be didn't receive so much as a reproof from the general. Refer ences to the huge shirt collar neverjirovoke the priae of Tammany. ALL GIRLS SHOULD BOW. It is Good for tbe Body and Helps to Prolong Life., Young women should conquer the timidity that tbey feel the moment tbey set foot in a row boat. A young man of tbe right sort has no patience with the want of confidence women have in themselves and in his care for them. Bear in mind, courage is a quality not to be despised, ana can be worn becomingly by any girl. It will come to you, and perchance has, as it does to all women in some time of great emergency, and yet vou are here af rail of that which an Ida Lewis has mastered when at its worst, and which, if once understood, would give you pleasure and greater bodily strength. Some good oarsman mil show you bow to sit in a boat and how to row with one oar and then with two. He will teach you the strokes and other matters necessary to be acquired Enjoy your rowing as you would your bith or your breakfast, becanse it is good for tbe bodv and helps, as does all physical exercise, to prolong life. Swimming, girls take to even better than boys, and are much more graceful; and every girl shonld, if possible, understand this most nseini oi pastimes. Ellen Ee Uarae in Eadies Home Journal. Got the Number Mixed. From the Forest Republican. The Pittsburg Dispatch tries Its hand at fish story telling by the statement that "a Kit tanning man caugh1, 2(J2 trout in Forest county in two days." We think either The Dispatch or tbe Kittanning man has got things mixed. Tbe man caught two trout in 262 days. Paid a Professional Visit. From the Waynesburg Messenger. We were pleased to meet our old and much esteemed Democratic friend. S. C. Orr, Esq., at his pleasant home, in Morgan township, last week, when the sturdy old patriarch was enjoy ing much better health than he had done the week previous. STATE rOLITICAL NOTES. Since his renonw nation Hon. Henry Hall, of Mercer, has begun an active canvass for the Speakership of tho House. The Farmers' League will play quite an im portant part in this State this fall in determln incwho shall represent their districts in Con gress. The average candidate is taking a good deal of interest in improved roads. After election they should not forget the promises made to tbeir constituents. The movement to elect all delegates to State conventions on the same day Is gaining new re cruits daily. If adopted it would save many a candidate many sleepless hours. The Waynesburg Democrat denies the state ment that tbe resolution indorsing Hon. J. W. Ray, was passed unanimously, and claims that 13 delegates refused to vote that way. Captain Taggabt, of Tidioute. late candi date for Auditor General on tne Democratic ticket, is an enthusiastic Wallace man, and believes he will be nominated at Scranton. Kansas City Star: A man named Plumb is running for Congress in Western Pennsylva nia. If be has a relativo of the same name in the Senate, he will be apt to mage a tolerably lively canvass. While the majority of candidates are hus tling to catch the candidates Lieutenant Gov ernor Davies is catching fish in the Adirondack Mountains, and the people don't care whether be catches a fish or not. Alphabet Passu ore wants the Lieutenant Governorship nomination on the Republican ticket. There aie several other gentlemen who want the same office. Mr. Passmore has a very Interesting fight ahead of nim. The two delegates to the Democratic State Convention from Tioga county, who wre elected on Tuesday, were instructed for Patti- son, although they will support ex-Congressman Elliot if he shonld conclude to be a can didate. The vicious method of electing delegates to the State Convention by county committee, which is now an exclusive Democratic practice, is attracting the attention of some of the Dem ocratic newspapers, and is being criticised. In all probability a lively agitation will result in a change, but It will not be done for tbe coming convention. It is said that Mr. Watson will not have tbe easy walkaway he had two years ago if Mr. Plummer. of Franklin, enters tho field against Mm. The latter gentleman is one of the shrewdest politicians In, the State, and he is well known f rotb one end of the oil regions to the other. The chances are that he will ac cept the Democratic nomination for Congress In the Twenty-seventh district CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Boston has a clergyman, Rer. Pitt Dil lingham, who is only now recovering after a year and a half's suffering from the effects of vaccination. A pigeon, which is supposed to be a carrier, came to Hon. F. Cole's last week at Gettysburg. It bad a brass band on one of Its legs, on which is stamped 8.151 and tbe let ter K. Bangor, Me., has a battalion of 30joun" women called tbe Cnilcothlans who wear uni forms and carry Springfield rifles. They eave ' an exhibition a few days ago before the Gov ernor and his staff. Two cows were instantly killed by aa electric shock during the storm Sunday after noon in Somerset county. They were lying alongside of a barbwlre lence that bad been charged by lightning: Louis Bresett, a Port Huron carpenter, was thrown 25 feet into the air by a hoisting derrick yesterday and then dropped to the bot tom of tbe dry dock without breaking a bone. It is feared, bowever, that he sustained some internal Injuries. An old man named Zimmerman has been fonnd living alone in a log shack near Ot tawa, Can. He has been living in tbe shack for 36 years, stark naked and bops about like a frog or kangaroo, stealing out in the twilight like a wild beast to get the air. A prohibition crank up in Genesee county recently sent a water pitcher to Presi dent Harrison, with the suggestion that it take tbe place of wine decanters on the White House table. Tbe President acknowledged the gift but didn't say yes. A small instrument has been devised for use in mines to indicate the presence of fire damp, or in gas mains to indicate tbe escape of gas. The invention is based upon the prop erty certain metalsbave of evolving heat in the presence of hydrogen gas. Nebraska City, Neb., claims to have beaten the record on divorces. A petition was filed there at 2 p. jr.; tbe defendant's answer at 2.15; the case was placed In tbe referee's bands at 2.30; be reported at 320. and the decree of the Court was rendered at 3 10. An Au Sable thief went into a widow's barn the other night and milked the widow's cow. Next morning that poor widow found a pneketbook containing SI 17 in tbe stall, and ad vertises for tbe loser to come forward, prove property, return the milk and get his cash. The grapple plant of the Kalahart Desert is said to be a real vegetable curiosity. In its general appearance it looks more like a starfish than a plant, and each ray or arm 13 tipped witn Darus, wnicn, wnen lastenea to the wool of sheep, have to be cut out, that being the only way of removing them. Miss Ethelyn Roe, of Setanket, Mass , had a lively encounter last Friday. While picking wild flowers in the woods near Rocky Point, a wblte-tbroated black snake sprang at her,-but fortunately missed its mark. After running some distance sbe secured a stick and, returning, after a short battle killed the ser pent. It measured six feet. One of the most remarkable and curious happenings occurring in New York this year was reported yesterday. Nine able-bodied men, claiming to hail from Pittsbnrg. had the temerity to play a game of ball with the Gothamites and likewise win the game. It tbey don't let tb? same thing occur again all will be forgiven on tbeir return home. There is standing on the banks of the Augusta, Ga., canal, in a somewhat dilapidated condition, the house where George Washing ton was entertained on the occasion of his visit to Augusta over 100 years ago. There, is said to be a negro woman in Jefferson county who was in Augusta when the visit was made, but was too young to remember anything about it. As Mrs. Fairfield Cole, of Winterport, Me., was preparing her breakfast the other morning, sbe found a leak in her coffeepot, and so put on her coffee in a tin can. As it began to uou sue was abont to remove tbe cover when tho cin exploded, the cover going through the window breaking a large pane of glass, and nearly the whole contents striking her in the face. A century ago the Duke of Grafton called up bis jockey, who bad won two import ant races lor him, and said: "John Day, I have sent for you as I am going to make you a present for your good riding. There is a 20 note for you, and I hope you will not waste it, but take care of it." A modern jockey baa received as much as 3,000 for winning a single race. Surgeon T. H. Parke, who was with Stanley in his last African expedition, vacci nated 40 native bearers with the party. An epidemic of smallpox breaking out, S3 of, the 40 passed quite unscathed,wbile the nnvaccinated natives were dying like Pbeep around them: the other two, who showed imperfect marks, had slight attacks, from which they recovered un- harmed. A thoroughbred Poland-China sow owned In Mount Leonard. Mo., recently gave birth to a hairless, flesh-colored monstrosity, with bead, ears, teeth and one fore foot re sembling a bull pup, and the rest of its body resembling a pig. All who have seen tbe thing unite iu declaring its resemblance to tbe dog family, though its skin is almost hnman and its body that of a bog. Dr. A. G. Young, Secretary of the Maine State Board of Health, was recently suffering from a disease that baffled his physi cians, one of whom finally sent a sample of the wall naner from the sick room to Prof. Robin son, of Bowdoiu College, for analysis. Tbe ex amination revealed that tbe paper contained large quantities of arsenic Since Dr. Young's removal from this room bis recovery has been rapid. During the American Revolution an English magazine published an estimate of the future copulation of tbe North American colonies. Placing the population then at 2,000,000. and assuming that it would double itself every 25 years, the writer estimated that in tbe year 1MK) the number would have in crcased to 61,000,000. As a matter of fact, this is near tbe present estimated population of tbe United States. This year is tbe two hundredth anni versary of tbe invention cf tbe Improved to bacco nine the bowl, tbe tnbe and the mouth piece. Up to tho year 1600 the only medium of enjoying the fragrant weed was by means of a cylindrical instrument fashioned from the crude clay and smelling of the earth earthy. The inventor of the present combination pipe was a physician. Dr. Vilarius, of Vienna. The first tobacco pipe manufactory was established in 1690. Eleven old citizens of Little Equinunk, a lumbering town In Wayne county. Pa have been counting up tbe number of tbeir children, and this is the record: Amos Tyler, 22: Thomas Todd, 20; Jonathan Adams, 18; Eben Brown 15; David Eaton, 15: Jacob Killani, 14: James Adams. H:Josiah Cole. 13: John Phillips. 12; Oliver Billings, 12: James Brown. 10; William Tyler, 10; John Killam, 10. Amos Todd is the only one of these men who has been twice married. LITTLE BAZARS. "That's a queer thing about a baby." "i ?" "He cries himself asleeo and everybody else awake." Husband (to wife, who has just returned from church) Well, you have not yet said that Mrs. Soanso's new bonnet is a horrid looking thing. Wife Her bonnet Is Just like mine. "How polished are my lays!" murmured the poea "Yes," cackled the ben: "but you can't getSl cents a dozen for 'em." Brown Did the dog eat up much when he got in the pantry'" Mrs. Brown-Yes; everything bnt the dog blscnlt. Doctor If you put yourself under my treatment I'll restore your sight. Blind Beggar That would ruin my business. OH, TVOE! I wrote a short verse to my love, And I swore she was sweeter than honey; The prlnter-ye heavens above I Made me say she was sweetened by money. "Was his address of any value?" "Yes. Indeed," said Mrs. Sprigglns. "Mr husband said it was very voluble:" "Is your husband particular about what he eats?" , "Indeed he Is. John is a full-fledged epitaph." "I bought a donkey yesterday, just for fun." remarked Unrley. "WelL" replied Qazzam, that's a remarkable Instance of self-possession." Cumso (reading) Prof. Blanksley is au agnostic Mrs. Cumso-What a lot of diseases that man has. I read the other day that he was a dyspeptic. De Gany Did you give her the poem you wrote about her? Tubba Yes; and she has never been at home to me since. De Oany How was that? Tubbs-I made a'mUUka in the color of bar res. Harper' tSatar - , ,fe
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